Replication Package for "A Taste of Communists’ Own Medicine: The Political Consequences of Land Reforms in Japan and Taiwan"

This is the replication package for A Taste of Communists’ Own Medicine: The Political Consequences of Land Reforms in Japan and Taiwan. The package includes all data, code, and documentation necessary to reproduce the results presented in the paper. <br>The paper investigates how land redistribution in Japan and Taiwan—implemented as part of U.S.-backed efforts to counter communist expansion—shaped electoral outcomes over time. In Japan, the reform increased support for conservative parties and diminished backing for socialist and communist factions, with effects persisting across generations. Taiwan’s reform similarly strengthened support for the Kuomintang. Instrumental variable analyses support a causal interpretation, and survey evidence points to a desire for political stability—rather than reciprocity or pro-market ideology—as the key mechanism.